Building A Team For The New Bernabeu - The Summer Transfer Thread

🚨🎖| The latest negotiations between Monaco and Real Madrid for Tchouameni are about the add-on fees and bonuses. @RMCsport

— Madrid Xtra (@MadridXtra) May 27, 2022

🚨🥇| Even if PSG and Mbappé try to convince Tchouaméni to join, Real Madrid remains THE priority for him. @lequipe

— Madrid Xtra (@MadridXtra) May 27, 2022

🚨🥇| Aurélien Tchouameni sees himself at Real Madrid, who are confident to close the deal. The player does NOT change his mind. @lequipe pic.twitter.com/1WR7TckY8p

— Madrid Xtra (@MadridXtra) May 27, 2022

🚨🥇| Tchouaméni is attracted to Real Madrid's "prestige" and is firm in his decision. @lequipe

— Madrid Xtra (@MadridXtra) May 27, 2022

 

Gnabry is leaving Bayern because he’s rejecting what was rumoured to be a very generous offer from Bayern, so I’m not keen on us paying that money for a player who imo is ‘solid’ at best.

2 years down the line a gem might pop up and Rodrygo continues to develop and we’re stuck with a big contract again.

I’d rather sign Mane for the right side on a 3 year deal. Better player for a slightly less transfer fee.

 

One of the best players of Liverpool would go on a slighty less transfer fee than Gnabry?

 

Mane won't take 3 year deal. He's getting 4 year deal certainly and PL media is already pushing for him to win BDR. Gnabry rejected 9 ME nett from Bayern. Mane is looking for 15 ME nett range. Imagine another Hazard, Bale type wages player in his 30s who can only play as LW or false 9? That's way worse if it goes wrong than Gnabry.

 

The position is a major red flag, even if I think his style would allow him to be a RW threat, it’s not backed by any stats because he’s exclusively played as a LW until very recently.

It’s the fact that he’s a different level to Gnabry, who doesn’t excite me at all that does it.

 

i will sell Asensio+Ordi+Mayoral=50m for all of them
Mariano and Jovic too=20 each..it will cover the cost of Gnabry
and try to get a real back ST(Nunes, Nkunko,Richarlison) that will cover with Gnabry combine the goals that Mbappe will bring here...
i dont know what about RB but probably it woudnt come one.

 

Real Madrid will focus on Aurélien Tchouaméni deal immediately after the Champions League final. They know his preference is clear - negotiations with AS Monaco on €80m fee will restart in the next days. 🇫🇷 #RealMadrid

Both PSG and Liverpool are still waiting for next steps.

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) May 27, 2022

 

Álvaro Odriozola confirms he’s now coming back at Real Madrid: “I’m not staying at Fiorentina. My time there was great but I’m now ready for Real Madrid”. ⚪️ #RealMadrid

“That’s my goal: be part of Real Madrid team next season”, he added to Onda Cero.

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) May 27, 2022

 

You can't sell players who don't want to leave.

 

There are signing bonuses for the 80 million euro transfers as well. As for resale value, I would rather ensure winning a couple of league titles in the next years while Barca is still in rebuild than worry about resale value. Obviously, wages would be key, but reports show what Pogba and Dybala are agreeing to at Juventus and Inter is not exorbitant. Anyway, Im not even that into this particular scenario. Its just an example of how the club could pursue a more active transfer strategy. It goes for the departures as well. Florentino needs to kick on and kick out Jovic and Asensio asap.

 

Yea. And Henry at 31 went from fantastic in 2008-09 to unplayable next season at Barca when he lost that burst of pace. Gotta be wary of players overly dependant on pace reaching their 30s.

 

Only thing missing from that list is the necessary departures. But yes, totally agree.

Personally I am a fan of the idea of Rodrygo being 12th man/first off the bench for all three attacking positions.

 

Bayern fans don't rate Gnabry or something? Hardly seeing any outrage over the possibility of the player leaving them and joining us...

 

Gnabry would be a good signing in terms of depth as we add another player who can score 15-20 goals per season and hopefully get rid of Asensio. But he doesn't change the dynamic of the team or add something we don't already have. His skill set is so similar to Rodrygo's that I imagine Gnabry as a more "mature" or "cooked" version of Rodrygo, if that makes sense.

 

Bayern is hardly arsed because they are practically already writing articles about the club winning the 22-23 German league trophy.

 

I'm not, i want him to have a place to start, anyone that comes in can fight him for his spot

 

Even if Rodrygo continues to play like last 2 months, it's dangerous to go with just him, Vini and Benz as offensive contributors. Gotta consider Benzema's age as well. Even though Asensio doesn't provide much outside a dozen or so Golazos, he played 1700+ mins in La Liga and scored 10 goals. Some of the goals were crucial in 1 goal margin wins.

There's enough minutes in a long season for 4 attacking players even if there are no injuries. So Gnabry would be fantastic addition to our league campaign if he continues to give 15-20 goals at RM as well. I expect a much tougher challenge from Barca next season especially if they land Lewandowski.

 

Right now his competition for RW is Fede and latter is clearly winning there in big games. If 80 M Tchouameni comes, he's more likely to take minutes away from Kroos. Competition is always good anyways as long as there's enough minutes for youngsters to grow.

Rodrygo will have to adapt to RW or false 9 role with Vini at LW so it's good for him to gain consistency there. Asensio/Rodrygo RW was a weakness for majority of this season tbh. Rodrygo stepped up in last couple of months.